Increase efficency with Heat Recovery

Any Cat natural gas-fuelled engine can be configured specifically for applications involving heat recovery. The engine drives a Cat gas generator set to produce electricity, while jacket water and/or exhaust cooling circuits are fed through heat exchangers (radiators in the case where CHP is not employed) to transfer the waste heat from the engine to a customer's hot water or steam circuit. That hot water or steam can then be effectively used for a facility's process or heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) requirements, including facility cooling (known as tri-generation) when implementing an absorption or adsorption chiller.

Electric Power products

Any size or shape. In any regulatory environment. When you need power, Caterpillar is equal to the challenge. Our generators are used in a variety of applications.

Cost savings and a partnership in support

Red Stripe is a pale lager proudly brewed in Kingston, Jamaica. A desire to reduce costs and their effect on the environment, Red Stripe installed a combined heat and power (CHP) plant. Two Cat® CG170-16 gas engines supply 80% of Red Stripe’s requirement.

The total energy cost savings of such systems can more than offset total owning and operating costs, delivering a payback in as little as two to three years, depending on local energy pricing and policies.